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Xylophone History
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Learn how Marimbas are made and answer the questions-
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What is something interesting you learned about the xylphone/marimba
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Draw a Xylophone!
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What is placed under the key to help amplify the sound?
Metal Resonator
Crooks
Plastic Ring
Nodes
What material are the keys of this marimba made from
Ethiopian Hardwood
American Greenwood
Spanish Orangewood
Honduran Rosewood
How long is a full sized marimba?
Nearly 8 meters
Nearly 3 feet
Nearly 3 meters
Nearly 1 foot
When did the first instruments related to the xylophone appear in eastern Asia?
2000BC
1839
Last Thursday
200BC
What did all early xylphones have in common?
They used wooden bars
They all had wheels
They had resonators
They were all from Asia
What were used as early resonators
Cut logs
Plastic Cups
Metal tubes
Hollowed out gourds
Which is NOT a variation of the xylophone?
Mbila
Church Chimes
Gambang
Marimba
Albert Roth's two-rowed xylophone introduced what?
Rubber Mallets
Wooden Bars
Chromatic note pattern
Limited note options
